Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Đề số 30

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1. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 Đề số 30 Kỳ thi: Chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh lớp 9 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút FILE NGHE + FULL KEY SECTION A: LISTENING: (3,5p) PART I: Questions 1-7: (1,4p) • There are seven questions in this part. • For each question there are three pictures and a short recording. • Choose the correct picture and put a tick (/) in the box below it. Example: How many eggs do you need to make the cake? 1. Where are the dictionary? 2. Which evening dress does the women decide to wear? 3. Where is the man’s job now?
2. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 PART II : (Questions 8-13) (1,2p) You will hear a radio interview with JackWilliam, who is talking about a town called Swanton. For each question, put a tick (√) in the correct box. 8. Where is the town of Swanton located? A. near the sea B. by a lake C. on a hill 9. What does Jack like most about living in Swanton? A. There are opportunities for climbing nearby. B. There is plenty of activity in the town. C. There is intersting wildlife near the town. 10. What does Jack say about entertainment in Swanton? A. a music festival takes place in the town B. Its football club has done well this year C. An atr center has recently opened
3. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 PART III: (Questions 14-22) (0,9p) - You will hear a radio announcer talking about Plymouth Sea Life Centre. - For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. Plymouth Sea Life Centre - - COST - - Adult (14)£ , children (15)£ Special prices for over sixties and school groups. - - OPENING TIME - - Every day except 25 and 26 December. - - FOR CHILDREN - - Special quiz. Animals are fed every (16) . From 9.30 am. Slide and (17) . Shows from (18) . am. SECTION B: PHONETICS.(1.0p) I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (0.5 p) 1. A. authentic B. thread C. thereby D. theory 2. A. wicked B. naked C. preserved D. sacred 3. A. curriculum B. coincide C. currency D. conception 4. A. . nourish B. flourish C. courageous D. southern 5. A. fabulous B. administrative C. paradise D. urban Your answers: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___ II. Choose the word that has the stress on a different syllable from the rest in each group.(0.5 p) 1. A. universe B. satellite C. experience D. meteorite 2. A. spacewalk B. trainee C. object D. private 3. A. impressive B. commercial C. profession D. altitude 4. A. parabolic B. astronomy C. experiment D. collaborate 5. A. descend B. explore C. surface D. approach Your answers: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___
4. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 SECTION C. LEXICO- GRAMMAR: (5,5p) I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (2,0 p) 1. ___ you do better work than this, you won’t pass the exam. A. When B. Although C. If D. Unless 2. I was just ___ to go out when you telephoned. A. around B. about C. thinking D. round 3. It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep___. A. growing B. gaining C. rising D. raising 4. She ___ her neighbor’s child for the broken window. A. blamed B. accused C. complained D. denied 5. "Did you like the novel that I gave you last week?” -“ ___ the novels that I’ve read, I enjoyed this one the most.” A. All of B. Of all C. For all D. From all 6. That old lady is ___ deaf to hear what you say. A. so B. enough C. not D. too 7. I failed to buy that nice dress, for I had forgotten to bring my ___. A. gloves B. purse C. bonnet D. trousers 8. The visitor spoke ___ the subject of wildlife in Northern Britain. A. in B. from C. with D. on 9. “Pollution worries me” – “Me too. It’s something ___ lots of problems”. A. that has brought B. which has brought C. is bringing D. that bringing 10. “Excuse me, is this seat free?” - “___” A. No, you can’t sit here. C. Sorry, it is taken. B. Yes, it is seated by a boy. D. Yes, but I don’t know so. 11. I can't make ___ what is happening. A. away B. over C. out D. on 12. A ___ is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the bank robber. A. prize B. reward C. notice D. repayment 13 “Excuse me, is this seat free?” - “___” A. No, you can’t sit here. C. Sorry, it is taken. B. Yes, it is seated by a boy. D. Yes, but I don’t know so. 14. Who was the first American person ___ on the moon? A. walking B. who walked C. walked D. to walk 15. She is one of the few people ___. A. to whom I look up B. I look up C. who look up to D. to who I look up 16. I live in Dalat, ___ is one of the most beautiful cities of Vietnam. A. in which B. that C. which D. where 17. Neither the students nor the teacher ___ come. A. has B have C. is D. are 18. On the way to the town, they stop ___a rest.
5. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 A. taking B. to take C. to have D. having 19. It costs about fifty dollars to have a tooth ___. A. filling B. to fill C. filled D. being filled 20. The roof was damaged and water ___ from the ceiling in wet weather. A. spilled B. dripped C. drained D. dropped Your answers: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___ 6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___ 10. ___ 11. ___ 12. ___ 13. ___ 14. ___ 15. ___ 16. ___ 17. ___ 18. ___ 19. ___ 20. ___ II: Read the text and then give the correct forms of the words in CAPITALS to complete the gaps.(1.5p). The First amendment to the American Constitution declares __1__ (FREE) of the press to all people. Although this right was not __2__ (OFFICE) adopted until 1791, the famous Zenger trial of 1735 laid the groundwork for the insuring of this precious freedom. John Peter Zenger emigrated as a __3__ (TEEN) from Germany. In 1733, he began publishing the New York Weekly Journal. The following year, he was arrested for writing a story about the crown-appointed __4__ (GOVERNMENT) of New York. While John Peter Zenger was __5__ (PRISON) for nine months, his wife - an American woman__6__ (DUTY) published the newspaper every day, __7__ (BRAVE) telling the truth about the corrupt government __8__ (OFFICE) sent by the king to govern the colonies. Finally Zenger’s long-awaited trial took place. The hostile judge dismissed Zinger's local lawyers, making it necessary for his wife to seek out Andrew Hamilton, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer. Persuaded by Hamilton, the jury returned a not-guilty verdict, defying the judge’s orders for a __9__ (CONVICT). As a result of determination and bravery on the part of the colonists, a __10__ (LAST) victory for freedom of the press was gained by a young immigrant. Your answers: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___ 6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___ 10. ___ III. Supply the correct form or tense of the verb in brackets. (1,0 p) 1. The statue (1. break ) while it (2. move ) to another room. 2. The teller was made (3. lie ) . down on the floor. 3. Yesterday I (4. walk ) . along the road when I realized that a man with a black beard, whom I ( 5.see ) three times already, (6. follow ) me. 4. This building (7. finish ) . by the end of 2013. 5. You must tell me the truth. I insist on ( 8.tell ) . the truth. 6. It’s no good (9. call ) . the police. 7. The environment in our city (10. pollute ) by exhaust gases from cars. We must do something to stop this.
6. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 IV: Each line in the passage contains one mistake. Underline the mistakes then and correct them. (1.0p) Your answers: Language is considered a significant means for communication in international 1. relations. People in modern world have not longer been bound to their own countries. 2. Moreover, in keeping inform with speedly scientific developments nowadays, they 3. must widen their cooperative relations with the highly developing nations in other 4. parts of the world. Due to the fact that no one are able to communicate with any 5. natives in the world, that is necessary for people to choose to learn a foreign language 6. as a worldwide common medium of communication. Which is why English has been 7. chosen by almost people to be a foreign language to master. More and more people 8. using English and the number of those who learn English as a foreign language has 9. been increased so rapidly that it is the highest nowadays. 10. SECTION D: READING. (5.0p) I. Choose the best answer to complete the passage below. (2.0 p) Because writing has become so important in our (1) ___, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, (2) ___, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing for (3) ___ 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human (4) ___. When writing (5) ___ develop, it was derived (6) ___ and represented speech, albeit imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. (7) ___, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. (8) ___, it takes a special (9) ___ to learn to write; in the past many intelligent and useful members of society didn’t acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing (10) ___ never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly. 1. A. culture B. education C. training D. competition 2. A. though B. nevertheless C. however D. furthermore 3. A. at least B. at last C. totally D. finally 4. A. people B. personality C. beings D. being 5. A. rather B. quite C. has D. did 6. A. with B. of C. about D. from 7. A. However B. Otherwise C. Furthermore D. But 8. A. On behalf of B. On the other hand C. Another way D. By the way 9. A. affect B. affair C. effort D. effect
7. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 10. A. sign B. signal C. systems D. net Your answers: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___ 6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___ 10. ___ II: Read the passage and choose the best answer (1.0p): Man discovered fire many thousands years ago . The first time he saw fire was probably when a tree was struck by lighting . He soon learned how to make fire for himself . However man probably made his fire by rubbing two sticks together. Fire was very important to man . He needed fire to keep himself warm at night . He used fire to cook his food . He used fire to frighten away enemies and wild animals . In some parts of the world he used fire to signal messages. Red Indians, for example , used fire to make smoke signals . In some other countries people lit fires to warn their friends of danger. Fire was very also used to give light . Before the invention of oil lamp, men used burning sticks as torches . And before man discovered gas and electricity , he hung small fires in wire baskets from posts to light the streets . One man even used fire to tell the time . He invented a candle clock . He made a candle that took exactly twelve hours to burn . Then he marked this candle in twelve equal parts . He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle . But the candle clock did not always work well . If there was a wind blowing on the candle , the flame burned too quickly . 1. Man probably first made fire A. from a tree struck by lightning B. by rubbing two sticks together. C. from wire baskets hung on poster. D. from a candle. 2. Man probably first used fire A. to tell the time. B. to send signal. C. to light the streets. D. to keep warm at night. 3. Fire was used by Red Indians A. to make gas and electricity. B. to burn down trees C. to send messages D. to frighten away enemies. 4. The first street lights were A. large bonfires . B. small fires in hanging baskets . C. burning trees . D. candles . 5. The candle clock burned for A.twelve hours . B. one hour. C. a day . D. twelve days . III. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. (2.0 p) Illiteracy is the condition of being unable to read and (1) ___. Illiteracy is also (2) ___ to describe the condition of being ignorant or unknowledgeable in a particular subject or field. Computer illiteracy (3) ___ the inability to use a computer programming language. Most of us who use computers (4) ___ how to send emails, or how to create a new folder. But we know (5) ___ about programming languages, the artificial languages used to write instructions that can be executed by a computer. Even in developed countries, a very small percentage of computer users are able to read or write this kind of computer language. Should we (6) ___ the effort to learn a computer language, especially when these are so complicated? The answer is “Yes”. Because (7) ___ computer illiteracy, users depend on software manufacturers. Our society becomes more dependent on information technology, and in a few years’ time, reading and writing a computer language will be as essential as using a (8) ___ language. Computer users will not be able to survive (9) ___ they know the code - the set
8. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 of detailed instructions that tell a computer what to do. In the future, survival and professional success will presuppose knowing everything about the machines we (10) ___ with. SECTION E. WRITING:(5.0p) I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (2.0 p) 1. You must submit articles for the magazine by June 18th . The final date 2. When are the council going to do something about the city's traffic problem? It's high time something . 3. Please continue doing your work and don’t let anything interrup you. Please go 4. Nothing was done about it. Nobody 5. It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon. I am 6. I didn't see her again for ten years. Five years 7. Driving on the left feels strange to me. I am not used 8. I can't understand him because he speaks so quickly. If he didn't 9. Please don't make me annoyed by such silly questions. I'd rather 10. People think that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in the pub. The prisoner II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. (1.0 p) 1. Susan regrets not going to the airport to say goodbye to her friend. (wishes) → Susan the airport to say goodbye to her friend. 2. Despite his age, he’s still working. (retired) → He still . despite his age. 3. Despite knowing the area well, I got lost. (even) → I got lost the area well. 4. I do not intend to tell you my plans. (of) → I have you my plans. 5. Graham spends all his time doing research. (devoted) → Graham has doing research.
9. LEARNING ONLINE 2020 III. ESSAY WRITING. (2.0p) Nowadays our country is facing some big problems (pollution of environment, traffic accidents, unemployment, overcharging in tourism ) In your opinion, which of these problems is the most serious? Write a paragraph (about 200 words) to give some causes of that problem and suggest the solutions to stop it.